About this ebook
Blending clear astronomy with a novel-inflected storytelling style, this book takes readers back to the ancient dust that surrounded the young Sun and follows the long process by which dust, rock, ice, and gas became worlds. From the birth of the Solar System to the first observations of wandering planets, from Mercury and Venus to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, robotic missions, and distant exoplanets, each chapter explains what science currently knows in an engaging and accessible way.
Readers will discover how planets formed, how humans learned to identify them, what spacecraft and telescopes have revealed, and which questions still remain unanswered. The book also explores habitability, the search for Earth-like worlds, and the possibility of life beyond our Solar System.
Designed for curious readers, students, astronomy lovers, and anyone fascinated by space, this book combines real scientific knowledge, real missions, and carefully selected space imagery with a dramatic narrative style that makes the story of planets feel alive.
This is a science-based educational book, not science fiction. It is written for readers who want both wonder and reliable information about the worlds around us.
